Cultivator



A ril 13,1937. H. T. LEBow 2,077,334

CULTIVATOR Filed April 22, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 E ZTLebour \NVENTOR ATTO RNEY April 13, 1937. H. T. LEBOW 77,

CULT IVATOR Filed April 22, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 lflTZabour ATTO R N EY INVENTOR Patented Apr. 13, 1937 I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIQE 2,077,334 oUL'rI vAToR Henry T. Lcbow, Flomot, Tex.

Application April 22, 1936, Serial No. 75,799

2 Claims. (01. 97-140) The invention relates to a farming implement disposed at the longitudinal center of the imand more especially to a two-row cultivator. plement and suitably fixed to these pieces 14 and The P mary object of the invention is the IE is a strip-like bar l6 having at its rear end provision of an implement of this character, a seat post I! carrying a seat 18 equipped with wherein through the use of runners such cultia backrest l9. Forwardly of the seat [8 and 5 vator can slide over the ground for the cutting fastened to the bar I6 is a foot rest 20. of the soil through knife blades, thereby such Attached to the uprights ll supporting the soil can be properly worked both before and after f on piece I4 s a d t rigging 2| either a planting. tractor or for draft animals.

1 Another object of the invention is the provision Fixed t0 the ut r st runners 0f the Pairs 10 of an implement of this character, wherein the in re r of h r ar cr s pi 5 ar up an in construction thereof is novel in form and by bearings 22 for drawbeir 23 Which is hollow which the soil can be properly cultivated and the and of square formation in cross section while depth of cutting action of the blades can be regpp at 24 to this w h 23 are s 25 ulated and such soil operated upon will be prop- C y t their do w dly and forwardly 15 erly worked for thorough cultivation of thersame. f d lower ends s sub a t al y V-s aped A further object of the invention is the proviad s t draw a 3 b i m unted in the sion of an implement of this character, which is bearings 22 for turning m e e d 0 efi e simple in construction, thoroughly r li bl d this there is attached thereto an arm 28 to which effective in its operation, enabling cultivation to is pivoted a link 29 the e being also p o be carried forth with dispatch, strong, durable, to a throw lever 30 a yi a and releas d 20 and inexpensive to manufacture, latch 3i engageable with a toothed keeper seg- With these and other objects in View, t ment 32 of a bracket 33 fixed to the front cross vention consists in the features of construction, piece is, the lever 30 being p v d f r swin combination and arrangement of parts as 111 ing movement to said bracket so that the blades 25 be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in 21 can be raised and lowered iv to a ound the accompanying draw n which disclose t surface and latchedin adjusted position. The preferred embodiment f th invention and bracket 33 has attached thereto a brace 34 which pointed out in the claims hereunto appended. is also fastened ii0 the foot rest 0- 3o In the accompanying d aw Secured to the outermost runners ll] of the Figure 1 is a side elev ti of an implement pairs close to their rear ends are laterally exconstructed in accordance with the invention. tending dguards Figure 2 is a rear el vati Engageable in opposite ends of the draw bar Figure 3 is a top plan view, 23 are supplemental extensions 36 so that this 35 Figure 4 is a fragmentary vertical transverse draw bar can be equipped with an increased 35 s ti n View number of ground working tools, as for example,

Figure 5 is an enlarged fragmentary side elethe 25 carrying the blades vation showing the manner of attaching sup- In Flgmies 6 7 the drawings there is plemental blades to the implement shown a slight modification wherein through the use of clips 38 pipe-like sections 39 can be fas- Figure a fragmentary Vertical longitudinal tened to the draw bar 23 while through the me- 40 sectional view showing a shovel attachment for dium of the coupling 40 the leg M can be at he implement. tached and this leg carries an adJustable shovel Flgmfe T a top plan Of the Structure or plow shaft 42 which may be substituted for Y Flgure the blade 2'! serviceable in cultivating the soil. Sumlar reference characters indicate corre- Guards 43 Similar to the guards 35 are Spending parts throughout t Several Views in ranged on the innermost of the pairs of runthe drawings. 11ers ll) Re err o e drawings in detail, t e It is preferable that the runners Ill be of the pl m n c mp s pairs of spaced parallel runshape as shown in the drawings, that is to say, 50 more I 0 om Which rise uprights t es at the front ends of these runners are gradually their upper ends having the lateral extensions curved in a rearward direction similarly to sled l2 and through the medium of fasteners I3 the runners so as to permit of the forward draft of same are adjustably engaged with front and rear the implement and allowing the runners to ride cross angle pieces I and I5, respectively, while over obstructions in the line of draft thereof. 55

10 ported by one of the cross pieces and connected with the draw bar for rotating the same and locking it in adjusted position, means for adjustably connecting the uprights with the cross pieces, guards extending laterally from the inner 15 and outer runners of said pairs at the rear ends thereof, and extensions adjustably engaged in opposite ends of the said draw bar.

2. An implement of the character described comprising pairs of spaced parallel runners, up-

rights rising from said runners, cross pieces carried by the uprights, bearings rising from. the outermost of the pairs of runners, a hollow draw bar of squared formation in cross section rotatably journaled in said bearings, ground working elements carried by said draw bar, means supported by one of the cross pieces and connected with the draw bar for rotating the same and looking it in adjusted position, means for adjustably connecting the uprights with the cross pieces, guards extending laterally from the inner and outer runners of said pairs at the rear ends thereof, extensions adjustably engaged in opposite ends of the said draw bar, and a strip-like bar arranged at the longitudinal center of the implement and fixed to said cross pieces and having a seat support at its rear end.

HENRY T. LEBOW. 

